TEFCA Comments Summary

Public Comments on the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement Draft 2

ONC received more than 100 comments on the Trusted Exchange Framework (TEF) Draft 2 during the public commenting period.

Draft 2 of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common AgreementSM (TEFCASM) outlines a common set of principles, terms, and conditions to support the development of a Common Agreement that would help enable nationwide exchange of electronic health information (EHI) across disparate health information networks (HINs).

Comments were submitted by a wide range of stakeholders including: health information networks/exchanges, health professional societies, providers of health services, health information technology developers, hospitals, public health entities, health care payers, health care quality organizations, state entities, health care suppliers of services, and patient advocates.

ONC will be updating the Trusted Exchange Framework, the Minimum Required Terms and Conditions, and the QHINTM Technical Framework based on comments received by the deadline. There will be additional opportunities in the future for public input into the creation of the Common Agreement.

ONC thanks all of the organizations that submitted comments and looks forward to continued engagement on this work.

For those wishing to review comments submitted, please reference the table.

Name Organization Organization Type Submission
Adrian Gropper Patient Privacy Rights Patient Advocates Submission File
Adrian Gropper Patient Privacy Rights Patient Advocates Submission File
Adrian Gropper Patient Privacy Rights Patient Advocates Submission File
Cynthia Fisher PatientRightsAdvocate.org Patient Advocates Submission File
Faxriddin Tilloev OZOD FUQARO Patient Advocates Submission File
Elizabeth Rogers Gundersen Health System Providers of Health Services Submission File
Meryl Bloomrosen Premier Providers of Health Services Submission File
Michael Gagnon HealtHIE Nevada Providers of Health Services Submission File
Mark Savage University of California, San Francisco's Center for Digital Health Innovation Providers of Health Services Submission File
Randy Schubring Mayo Clinic Providers of Health Services Submission File
Troy Kaji Contra Costa Health Services Providers of Health Services Submission File
Michael Mabry RadNet Providers of Health Services Submission File
Michael Prevoznik Quest Diagnostics Providers of Health Services Submission File
Vanessa Holley Association of Public Health Laboratories Public Health Entities Submission File
Michael Ellsworth Washington State Department of Health Public Health Entities Submission File
Brian Moore Tennessee Department of Health Public Health Entities Submission File
Michael Fraser Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) Public Health Entities Submission File
Mary Beth Kurilo American Immunization Registry Association Public Health Entities Submission File
Nick Bonvino Greater Houston Healthconnect Public Health Entities Submission File
Carrie Paykoc State of Colorado, Office of eHealth Innovation State Entities Submission File
Shreya Patel Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services (MiHIN) State Entities Submission File
Anne Schloegel Minnesota Department of Health State Entities Submission File
Karbert Ng Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services State Entities Submission File